Paw

Paw (also known as Boy of Two Worlds) is a 1959 Danish film directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen. Plot A boy from the Caribbean, affected by the deaths of his parents and maiden aunt, escapes to the Danish forest. Cast Edvin Adolphson as Anders Jimmy Sterman as Paw Asbjørn Andersen as Gutsbesitzer Ninja Tholstrup as Yvonne Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt as Lehrer Karen Lykkehus as Fräulein Bo Preben Neergaard as Søofficer Karl Stegger as Betjent Hansen Ebba Amfeldt as Fru Hansen Svend Bille as Onkel Pot Ego Brønnum-Jacobsen as Mand ved skydetelt Otto Hallstrøm Mogens Hermansen as Godsejerens skytte Grethe Høholdt as Betjentens datter Inger Finn Lassen as Forstander på børnehjemmet Release and reception Paw was originally released in Denmark in December 1959. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. In the United States, the film was released in April 1970 by G. G. Communications under the title Boy from Two Worlds; twelve minutes were cut from the original 100-minute running time. In his Family Guide to Movies on Video, Henry Herx deemed it "a very engaging children's movie ... that will also interest adults".